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>> jon meacham? >> well, jon meacham is a hard-working american, though he doesn't get paid $60,000 a speech like celebrities like newt gingrich. >> if you can arrange a freddie mac contract for me. >> we'll see what we can do. >> but talk a little bit about where you all see the american jobs act. a lot of us responded so well to the president's speech to congress. and it's gone through the legislative sausage making and unmaking progress. how does it look from where you all sit? >> we're very frustrated, just the way the american people are. time and time again, the republicans in congress have refused to support the american jobs act. as i said a little earlier, it would create jobs right away and our economy certainly needs that jolt. our unemployment rate as high as it is and families sitting around the kitchen table every day trying to figure out how to make ends meet, this is an act that would've delivered on behalf of the american people. as the president has traveled around the country, he's
>> jon meacham? >> well, jon meacham is a hard-working american, though he doesn't get paid $60,000 a speech like celebrities like newt gingrich. >> if you can arrange a freddie mac contract for me. >> we'll see what we can do. >> but talk a little bit about where you all see the american jobs act. a lot of us responded so well to the president's speech to congress. and it's gone through the legislative sausage making and unmaking progress. how does it look from...
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if you don't know who jon huntsman is, we have a segment called get to know jon huntsman. the latest republican candidate for president. take a look at this. >> jon huntsman is a dedicated family man. he served as governor of utah for four years. he was the united states ambassador to china for two years. because no one knows who he is, these are actually photos of treat williams. jon huntsman, leadership you can trust. >> good morning. it is wednesday, june 22nd. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have the game change boys. msnbc and "time" magazine analyst, mark halperin, editor for new york magazine, john heilman. perfect day. hi, willie. >> were you out there yesterday? what's that? you were monitoring the media coverage. >> he was monitoring online. >> i'm going to see them in florida tomorrow. >> how did it go? >> please, tell us about it. >> it went a lot better than you would think if you watched a lot of the coverage that focused on the rather extraordinary from the press coverage and not extraordinary at all, minor mistakes that got made on the media cr
if you don't know who jon huntsman is, we have a segment called get to know jon huntsman. the latest republican candidate for president. take a look at this. >> jon huntsman is a dedicated family man. he served as governor of utah for four years. he was the united states ambassador to china for two years. because no one knows who he is, these are actually photos of treat williams. jon huntsman, leadership you can trust. >> good morning. it is wednesday, june 22nd. welcome to...
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with us this morning we have the executive editor of random house, jon meacham. and msnbc political analyst, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> good morning. >> good to have you with us. and joining us from cnbc headquarters in new jersey, the cutest thing in the world. >> we've missed him. >> he's adorable. >> i've missed you guys. >> co-host of cnbc's "squawk box" andrew ross sorkin. >> i missed you guys, i really did. >> he's hard to book now that he hosts his own show. >> can't even call him. he's a diva. he's got -- you wouldn't believe his expense account over there, things he requires, room temperature water. >> oh, my god. >> he's like madonna. >> the whole green room set up with the green m&ms, it's very special. >> what i'm wondering is how you're surviving on this schedule with twins. >> we can talk about that off air. but it's working out okay so far. >> i feel your pain. i feel your pain. we're going to talk about the overall economy moving forward, especially with all the events of the past week with the failure of the super committee
with us this morning we have the executive editor of random house, jon meacham. and msnbc political analyst, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> good morning. >> good to have you with us. and joining us from cnbc headquarters in new jersey, the cutest thing in the world. >> we've missed him. >> he's adorable. >> i've missed you guys. >> co-host of cnbc's "squawk box" andrew ross sorkin. >> i missed you guys, i really did. >>...
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>> jon stewart is going to take us there. jon stewart says fox news is relentlessly activist. chris wallace says so are you, buddy. nothing helped me beat arthritis pain. until i tried this. it's salonpas. pain relief that works at the site of pain... up to 12 hours. salonpas. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] thanks to advanced natural gas turbine technology from ge, the power that will help make our nation more energy independent is right here in america. [ crickets chirping ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] advanced gas turbine technology from ge. ♪ - sure, cake or pie? - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. [music playing] confidence available in color. depend® colors for women. looks and fits like underwear. protects like nothing else. depend®. good morning. great day. hey, dad, you think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up. ♪ ♪ [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. [ male anno
>> jon stewart is going to take us there. jon stewart says fox news is relentlessly activist. chris wallace says so are you, buddy. nothing helped me beat arthritis pain. until i tried this. it's salonpas. pain relief that works at the site of pain... up to 12 hours. salonpas. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] thanks to advanced natural gas turbine technology from ge, the power that will help make our nation more energy independent is right here in america. [ crickets chirping ] ♪ [ cheers and...
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interesting, jon meacham. we e-mailed back and forth last night, i sent you a column that one of the policy leaders in george w. bush's administration, an evangelical christian, a great thinker. interesting take from pete. he said the standard is religious belief should trump competence when it comes to selecting a president. this view is, of course, at odds with those of martin luther who once famously said he'd prefer to be ruled by a competent turk over an incompetent christian. and as we go on, he also wrote this. in his letter to newport, rhode island, president washington wrote these beautiful words. may the children of abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of other inhabitants while everyone shall sit safely under his own vine and fig tree. and there shall be none to make him afraid. george washington wrote was a better general and president and a better theologian. >> earlier in that letter, washington wrote the point of the united states government is to give persecu
interesting, jon meacham. we e-mailed back and forth last night, i sent you a column that one of the policy leaders in george w. bush's administration, an evangelical christian, a great thinker. interesting take from pete. he said the standard is religious belief should trump competence when it comes to selecting a president. this view is, of course, at odds with those of martin luther who once famously said he'd prefer to be ruled by a competent turk over an incompetent christian. and as we go...
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. >> this is why -- >> i like jon huntsman. >> i like jon huntsman. i need more of that. >> exactly. >> that we just saw. bring it on. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, october 11th. welcome to "morning joe." with us onset we have the columnist for the "new york times" and president of the council on foreign relations richard hoss. in washington, washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. good to have you with us. i love jon huntsman. >> you can say it again. i love that. that's the side of him the guy should show. >> you call someone who acts like a moron a moron. and you say it. you just go there. >> there is no doubt about it. you look at the flurry of polls that are coming out today that we're going to be showing today and it just illustrates that this type of politics does not work. i've said it time and time again and offended michele bachmann supporters and sarah palin supporters. >> right. >> and glenn beck viewers, but the fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, rick perry's type of politics doesn't go national. richa
. >> this is why -- >> i like jon huntsman. >> i like jon huntsman. i need more of that. >> exactly. >> that we just saw. bring it on. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday, october 11th. welcome to "morning joe." with us onset we have the columnist for the "new york times" and president of the council on foreign relations richard hoss. in washington, washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. good to have you with us. i love jon...
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jon huntsman jumping into double digits. and seems to be taking off. >> what happened eight years ago, the man we saw making a very hawkish statement walked away with new hampshire. and new hampshire -- remember, the person who won iowa often never wins new hampshire vice versa, and new hampshire is a more representative bell weather because the independents are involved than iowa. it's not like a caucus, the caucus is geared toward passionate activists. and elections aren't decided by passionate activists, nominations can be. that's why new hampshire is an interesting example. >> and it really did. and john mccain revived his campaign, and it may happen again this year. i will say >> well, the editors suggest taking a second look at jon huntsman and rick santorum, two candidates polling in the single digits nationwide. here's part of what the national review had to say. seems winnable next year and with it the majority of both houses of congress. so much of this conservative consensus could become law. . . a conservative ma
jon huntsman jumping into double digits. and seems to be taking off. >> what happened eight years ago, the man we saw making a very hawkish statement walked away with new hampshire. and new hampshire -- remember, the person who won iowa often never wins new hampshire vice versa, and new hampshire is a more representative bell weather because the independents are involved than iowa. it's not like a caucus, the caucus is geared toward passionate activists. and elections aren't decided by...
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>> jon meacham? >> gene, do you think if in may of '07, we would have been having this conversation, we would have been i think saying a lot of the same things about really both parties, being in unsettled fields, hillary clinton being the front runner. obama, i'm not sure where he was in the polls at that point and john mccain was having a hard time getting arrested still at this point. >> yeah. >> based on how many of these things you've watched, when do you hi it begins to settle down, which it always does? >> probably this fall. i think it starts to settle down. but remember, the democratic field, we kind of knew the shape of it by now. obama announced in february of 2007 and fairly quickly, we kind of identified hillary clinton and then obama and edwards as the contenders. we didn't know who was going to win, but we knew who the major candidates were. i think you're right that the republican field was pretty messy at that point. it just seems messier to me now, because we have what looked to me
>> jon meacham? >> gene, do you think if in may of '07, we would have been having this conversation, we would have been i think saying a lot of the same things about really both parties, being in unsettled fields, hillary clinton being the front runner. obama, i'm not sure where he was in the polls at that point and john mccain was having a hard time getting arrested still at this point. >> yeah. >> based on how many of these things you've watched, when do you hi it...
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the political play book with jon huntsman getting tough. taking shots at governor rick perry. keep it on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we've got all you need for back to school with low prices every day on everything. backed by our ad match guarantee. save money. live better. walmart. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. that's good for our country's energy security what's it going to take? do we have to spell it out? can't republicans in congress get the message? instead, they protect tax breaks for big oil. tax breaks for billionaires. even tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas. republicans in congress have shown who they st
the political play book with jon huntsman getting tough. taking shots at governor rick perry. keep it on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] we've got all you need for back to school with low prices every day on everything. backed by our ad match guarantee. save money. live better. walmart. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this...
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be jon huntsman. she's got to have something to make fun of me for the next four years. >> it is going to be. can anyone say otherwise. >> gingrich. >> that's not going to happen. >> his mouth is his biggest enemy. he's his own worst enemy. >> i can say that about myself. talk about some of the other guys with "the hangover." that you were with. >> zach galifianakis is incredible. the true hero is todd phillips. robert downey, jr. said he's the best american director he's ever worked with. to do the "hangover 1" with him and watch his evolution, and "due date." and hangov"hangover 2." >> there's not really improvization. notify of that was in the script. it's more like you'll show up on the day. there will be a scene written, you work on it, there's a musicality to comedy. then you go away from the set, try to figure out what works and come back. there's a lot of rewriting on the day with todd. he's a very much active participant. he's right there by the camera all the time. >> what's next? >> next is
be jon huntsman. she's got to have something to make fun of me for the next four years. >> it is going to be. can anyone say otherwise. >> gingrich. >> that's not going to happen. >> his mouth is his biggest enemy. he's his own worst enemy. >> i can say that about myself. talk about some of the other guys with "the hangover." that you were with. >> zach galifianakis is incredible. the true hero is todd phillips. robert downey, jr. said he's the best...
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jon huntsman is doing things differently. he's got progressive ideas about where to take the republican party. that's what i think is going to win this year. in order to win the general election, we have to nominate a republican who has a different direction and new ideas for the republican part. this ad is a great idea. we are talking about it. what does it mean? we are curious. we have questions about jon huntsman. it's a tease up to his announcement. i think we are going to see four or five more versions of it. >> i'm going to challenge you as an ad guy. there was a silliness to it. i couldn't wait to be on the other side and attack the ad. it was stupid. the american people are not stupid and that was a stupid, stupid -- look at that. it's stupid. did i say the word stupid? explain to me as a fellow ad guy, other than it's different, what is smart, compelling, interesting, informative, one thing about that ad? >> it's piqued our curiosity. it's what he wants to do. i think it's innovative, different, creative and i like i
jon huntsman is doing things differently. he's got progressive ideas about where to take the republican party. that's what i think is going to win this year. in order to win the general election, we have to nominate a republican who has a different direction and new ideas for the republican part. this ad is a great idea. we are talking about it. what does it mean? we are curious. we have questions about jon huntsman. it's a tease up to his announcement. i think we are going to see four or five...
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jon huntsman's super pac ad. now up in new hampshire. while he is lagging in the polls, he is the favorite of many to make a late charge in new hampshire and be the conservative challenger to mitt romney. last month "the wall street journal" declared his economic plan better than anything in the gop presidential field. and here is what part of that article says. the heart of the plan lowers all tax rates on individuals and businesses. mr. huntsman would create three personal income tax rates -- 8%, 14%, and 23%, and pay for this in a revenue-neutral way by eliminating all the deductions and credits. this tracks with the proposals of the bipartisan bowles/simpson commission and others for a flatter, more efficient tax system. mr. huntsman's proposal is as impressive as any to date in the gop presidential field and certainly better than what we've seen from the front runners. perhaps mr. huntsman should be asked to give the republican response to the president. the two views of what makes an economy grow could not
jon huntsman's super pac ad. now up in new hampshire. while he is lagging in the polls, he is the favorite of many to make a late charge in new hampshire and be the conservative challenger to mitt romney. last month "the wall street journal" declared his economic plan better than anything in the gop presidential field. and here is what part of that article says. the heart of the plan lowers all tax rates on individuals and businesses. mr. huntsman would create three personal income...
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let's say jon huntsman keeps it close. or for some reason romney loses new hampshire, he stumbles into south carolina and there's a real problem. they've got to win one of those two states. >> i think he probably does have to win one of those two. the thing about newt gingrich is right now, it's a bit of a paradigm. he's most likely to get one-on-one with romney, but he's the least likely to be able to beat him. i don't think there's a single state including iowa today that he can actually win in an effect -- that would be a two-person race. he's got too big of a ceiling. if you look at everybody in this race, including herman cain and jon huntsman, rick perry, everyone has had opposition research dumped on them through the debates. nobody's laid a glove on gingrich. there's so much you can do on newt gingrich, personal, professional, flip-flops, once that starts and romney's team will be very effective, it's run by a former opposition researcher, once that starts, i don't think he can get above 20%, 25%, maybe 30% in any
let's say jon huntsman keeps it close. or for some reason romney loses new hampshire, he stumbles into south carolina and there's a real problem. they've got to win one of those two states. >> i think he probably does have to win one of those two. the thing about newt gingrich is right now, it's a bit of a paradigm. he's most likely to get one-on-one with romney, but he's the least likely to be able to beat him. i don't think there's a single state including iowa today that he can...
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jon huntsman has been consistently conservative. and yet, as far as branding goes, we're talking about the branding of newt gingrich. his branding at least at the beginning of the campaign was horrific. i think he's making great strides in new hampshire right now and he'll end up, i believe, at 20% at least in new hampshire because people will figure out he's really more conservative over the span of his career than the other candidates. but the branding, how did it go so badly for him over the first month of his campaign? >> well, in the beginning he didn't talk about president obama enough the way the party demands. and i think that really got him off on the wrong foot. he came in with people knowing little about him except he'd been the ambassador for barack obama. he's turned on that a little bit. he's got a populist message now about changing wall street and congress. a candidate like that needs to run as a reformer. he's talking about that now, it'll find an audience in new hampshire. i think he can only succeed if there's bet
jon huntsman has been consistently conservative. and yet, as far as branding goes, we're talking about the branding of newt gingrich. his branding at least at the beginning of the campaign was horrific. i think he's making great strides in new hampshire right now and he'll end up, i believe, at 20% at least in new hampshire because people will figure out he's really more conservative over the span of his career than the other candidates. but the branding, how did it go so badly for him over the...
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with us onset, john jon meacha. we also have the president of the council and foreign relations, researchard haas. and msnbc political analyst, pat buchanan and willie geist here along with mika and myself. we have a lot to cover today. domestically, of course we're talking about the peter king hearings yesterday on domestic terrorism. it will get very emotional. also, a usa team being sent to libya. very fascinating. americans have changed their hash its over the past three years. our savings rate went from 0% in 2008 to almost 6% this past year. does it really help consumerism in america? and does it churn the economy very quickly? it certainly is good for us in the long run. >> an extension of our conversation with suze orman yesterday who is writing about that. >> no doubt about it. first, obviously, the big news out of japan. we why don't we get the latest. >> we are talking about the fifth strongest earthquake on record since 1900. hawaii and other parts of the pacific are bracing for a destructive tsunami tri
with us onset, john jon meacha. we also have the president of the council and foreign relations, researchard haas. and msnbc political analyst, pat buchanan and willie geist here along with mika and myself. we have a lot to cover today. domestically, of course we're talking about the peter king hearings yesterday on domestic terrorism. it will get very emotional. also, a usa team being sent to libya. very fascinating. americans have changed their hash its over the past three years. our savings...
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there's going to be a budget for the year, jon meacham. you have each subcommittee coming forward for appropriations and there will be an hhs debate and have the debate over planned parenthood. i don't want taxpayers going towards planned parenthood but at the same time i don't want to shut the government down over it because that's not what independents or the american people want. >> i think it is a question of proportion. we all know in our own lives we can pay certain bills or not pay certain bills, we can decide to really get exsore sorcised abou or that. if in fact this gets framed over you shut down over whether or not you kill big bird, i think it will show those independent voters and i think it will suggest to people for whom this is a tangential, but important, drama that wait a minute, i can't shut down my household because i just -- >> if you don't like something. >> -- because we can't agree what to watch, or whatever. all in all it continues to contribute to the sense that there is a system in washington that feeds on itself
there's going to be a budget for the year, jon meacham. you have each subcommittee coming forward for appropriations and there will be an hhs debate and have the debate over planned parenthood. i don't want taxpayers going towards planned parenthood but at the same time i don't want to shut the government down over it because that's not what independents or the american people want. >> i think it is a question of proportion. we all know in our own lives we can pay certain bills or not pay...
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jon huntsman's not campaigning in iowa, take him off for the most part. mitt romney, where is he this week? and so you have conservatives like me who have been grasp at that. and then you look at all of the other flawed candidates. if i went to the iowa caucuses every four years, i might say i'm going to support ron paul and send a message. i think that may be happening. >> of all the flawed candidates, ron paul is one of the most flawed if not the most flawed when you look at what he believes in terms of abolishing the fed and the other libertarian policies. >> if you're a manhattan liberal. >> are you for? >> no, but i think it sends a message. i'm not in favor of the fed being one of it is most powerful institutions in this country and the planet and having almost no transparency until somebody like ron paul came along and demanded transparency. i think that's a positive -- i think ron paul is a positive counterweight to a lot of big government spending and a lot f of, you know, you look at what he said about fannie and freddie, what he said about the
jon huntsman's not campaigning in iowa, take him off for the most part. mitt romney, where is he this week? and so you have conservatives like me who have been grasp at that. and then you look at all of the other flawed candidates. if i went to the iowa caucuses every four years, i might say i'm going to support ron paul and send a message. i think that may be happening. >> of all the flawed candidates, ron paul is one of the most flawed if not the most flawed when you look at what he...
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jon huntsman. i mean, john, which candidate was cited by pew center for running the best managed state, held by "forbes" magazine as being the most fiscally fit and for jobs creation. >> i think that might be jon huntsman. >> mika, the bigger point here is when it comes to throwing this rhino title around this year, there is very little to do with the right. it has everything to do with are you like newt gingrich, willing to call the secretary of hss joseph stalin? are you like glenn beck going to pump up your cred by calling the president of the united states a racist? are you like newt gingrich going to say that democrats are run by the -- what was it, the secular socialist machine? newt gingrich said the democratic world view posed a greater risk to american democracy than nazism posed to the world. if you say that then you can support socialist positions because somehow your cred is okay. >> no. i think it's really -- >> facts be damned. it's twisted. >> it's self-destructive and why obama will
jon huntsman. i mean, john, which candidate was cited by pew center for running the best managed state, held by "forbes" magazine as being the most fiscally fit and for jobs creation. >> i think that might be jon huntsman. >> mika, the bigger point here is when it comes to throwing this rhino title around this year, there is very little to do with the right. it has everything to do with are you like newt gingrich, willing to call the secretary of hss joseph stalin? are you...
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thank you, jon. >> that's nice of you, jon. >> it's a tennessee thing. and harold has several. >> pretty color. >> school colors are also purple. >> harold, i think, probably carried franklin county. >> i did. >> how are you doing, harold? >> i'm good this morning. >> jamie dimon says things are going to get better and i trust jamie dimon. what about you? >> it was the right message. it was the right tone. the financial markets had to enjoy hearing him say that. investors had to appreciate hearing him say that. i hope the white house and those in washington heard the message loud and clear not only do we need to work together but the tone, the message needs to be more coordinated, the policy needs to be more coordinated. i was pleased to hear him yesterday. i don't think i was alone either. >> no, it was good to hear him out there. >> sort of hard to find but there are bright spots. i was reading -- >> really? >> yes. an article yesterday that tech firms are hiring. >> that's good. >> there are bright spots. >> little bright spots. baby spots. >> investo
thank you, jon. >> that's nice of you, jon. >> it's a tennessee thing. and harold has several. >> pretty color. >> school colors are also purple. >> harold, i think, probably carried franklin county. >> i did. >> how are you doing, harold? >> i'm good this morning. >> jamie dimon says things are going to get better and i trust jamie dimon. what about you? >> it was the right message. it was the right tone. the financial markets had to...
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jon huntsman. said what is happening now could not have been written out better by jon huntsman if he had tried to have this sort of grouping up. you have ron paul rising, you have newt gingrich rising, you have mitt romney staying around 20%. this is a war of attrition that allows jon huntsman to get his feet, to get a good result in new hampshire, and survive through south carolina and florida. >> well, yeah. the longer and it's every day now, it's a sustained conflict between gingrich and romney. the longer that occurs, huntsman's chances, ron paul's chances would improve in a tightened field like that. and in the former speaker's case, i think he's the story. he's the big story in that party. and it's clearly not a case of familiarity breeds contempt, but breeds unease among even the most rabid of caucus goers or primary voters. just unease. >> i've got to say this, harold, and we're going to be going to a national nbc news "wall street journal" poll in a minute that shows real divisions in the
jon huntsman. said what is happening now could not have been written out better by jon huntsman if he had tried to have this sort of grouping up. you have ron paul rising, you have newt gingrich rising, you have mitt romney staying around 20%. this is a war of attrition that allows jon huntsman to get his feet, to get a good result in new hampshire, and survive through south carolina and florida. >> well, yeah. the longer and it's every day now, it's a sustained conflict between gingrich...
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broken record here, jon. does anyone belief if there were a selective draft, we would have been in afghanistan or iraq past 2004? >> no, no, no no. >> by the way, you're going to make mistakes. horrible mess stakes when you go to war, but i'll tell you after ir iraq, if there were a draft and as soon as we found out there were no weapons of mass destruction, the troops would have been out wi 2005. affect would have been out by 2005 after they killed 90% of al qaeda forces. >> that's exactly right. >> we're in it talking about it now. >> perhaps there's still time to fix it. that's the breakdown. we have outsourced essentially our military operations to a very brave, i think, class of americans, a very small much less than 1%. we're not engaged this except in our political maturations to some extent. to be absolutely honest, if we had a selective service system and the people around this table and a lot of folks watching were willing to give their lives -- >> really, you know what's so sad though? look at this
broken record here, jon. does anyone belief if there were a selective draft, we would have been in afghanistan or iraq past 2004? >> no, no, no no. >> by the way, you're going to make mistakes. horrible mess stakes when you go to war, but i'll tell you after ir iraq, if there were a draft and as soon as we found out there were no weapons of mass destruction, the troops would have been out wi 2005. affect would have been out by 2005 after they killed 90% of al qaeda forces. >>...
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jon lester said the accusation is completely false. anonymous sources are continuing to provide exaggerated and in this case inaccurate information. >> so by the way, willie, this is perfect for them. if they did not drink in the dugout, they are now able to come out and act shocked and stunned and deeply saddened that no, they didn't drink there, they drank ten feet away. let me talk to a fellow boston red sox fan. does it really matter if they're drinking beer in the dugout or drinking beer eating fried chicken and playing video games while the red sox are going down? >> i would rather have them drink in the dugout -- >> actually give a damn. >> the thing is, they really don't give a damn. >> stop. >> no, seriously. they get paid so much money. you talk to red sox fans, and you look into those stands, they pack those stands every night. there's so many blue-collar people that i know people in new england and you do too, i know, that wait all year to be able to afford one game to send their four family members to a red sox game. all y
jon lester said the accusation is completely false. anonymous sources are continuing to provide exaggerated and in this case inaccurate information. >> so by the way, willie, this is perfect for them. if they did not drink in the dugout, they are now able to come out and act shocked and stunned and deeply saddened that no, they didn't drink there, they drank ten feet away. let me talk to a fellow boston red sox fan. does it really matter if they're drinking beer in the dugout or drinking...
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because jon huntsman gets it. president obama's favorable personal rate beings are much hire than his job performance. people like him. jon huntsman recognizes that and the last part of that ad where he says he's a good man with you but he's failed us, that he another art that resonates. te they like him, but they're beginning on to think he can't lead. if you go after him in a vicious way, that will turn voters off. but jon huntsman will be an awful tough candidate. >> is it going to work in the republican primary? because when they hear he's a good man, he's a nice man -- >> but they're never voting for jon huntsman anyway. >> those moderates, independent minded republicans who tend to wait up the general and leave the general course of the primary to more conservative members of the party. >> and the point he made on rachel maddow is he's going to get into states because he has the financial where with all to stand in there, he'll get into states where there are crossovers, where democrat s an independents can
because jon huntsman gets it. president obama's favorable personal rate beings are much hire than his job performance. people like him. jon huntsman recognizes that and the last part of that ad where he says he's a good man with you but he's failed us, that he another art that resonates. te they like him, but they're beginning on to think he can't lead. if you go after him in a vicious way, that will turn voters off. but jon huntsman will be an awful tough candidate. >> is it going to...
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jon huntsman has a chance to change it. no one else has an obvious chance to do better than john mccain did. >> it's not that they are happy with barack obama. barack obama has exported more workers -- undocumented workers than any president in history. there's a group that came back and asked him to stop campaigning on a dream act because unless you are going to do something, don't bring it up anymore. they are unhappy because of broken promises to bring it up from the first part of the administration and immigration. so, it's not that they are happy, they don't have anywhere to go. so -- >> so you are going to talk about numbers here. this is a little thing we are going to try here. five numbers. you have three ways to look at the corporate tax rate. walk us through this. >> corporate tax rate comes up all the time now. barack obama said he wants to lower tax rates now, republicans are in a bidding war to see who can go lowest on corporate tax rate. what most people are talking about when they talk corporate tax rate is s
jon huntsman has a chance to change it. no one else has an obvious chance to do better than john mccain did. >> it's not that they are happy with barack obama. barack obama has exported more workers -- undocumented workers than any president in history. there's a group that came back and asked him to stop campaigning on a dream act because unless you are going to do something, don't bring it up anymore. they are unhappy because of broken promises to bring it up from the first part of the...
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it's a jon kyl thing. no truth to it. i did not mean. >> makes sense. >> meant what i said. >> he didn't mean to offend anyone either except maybe the ref he was trying to offend. >> and all kinds of other people. >> and not that there's anything wrong with it. >> well, maybe there is something -- >> and the new editor of "fortune" magazine. >> you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ what do you see yourself doing after you do retire? client comes in and they have a box. and inside that box is their financial life. people wake up and realize. "i better start doing something." we open up that box. we organize it. and we make decisions. we really are here to help you. they look back and think "wow. i never thought i could do this." but we've actually done it. [ male announcer ] visit ameriprise.com and put a confident retirement more within reach. [ technician ] are you busy? management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ]
it's a jon kyl thing. no truth to it. i did not mean. >> makes sense. >> meant what i said. >> he didn't mean to offend anyone either except maybe the ref he was trying to offend. >> and all kinds of other people. >> and not that there's anything wrong with it. >> well, maybe there is something -- >> and the new editor of "fortune" magazine. >> you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. ♪ what do you see yourself...
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. >> let's talk jon huntsman. i know you did an interview with the former utah governor and by passing the conservative base. what is the strategy and will it work? >> i's not been clear. he doesn't have the organization that mitt romney has and doesn't quite have the already natural base of support. he did an interview and said like romney, he's going to skip iowa. he's going with a new hampshire, florida strategy. new hampshire and south carolina voters can vote. he's hoping to get independents to support him. he knows that in south carolina, this is a guy who is a moderate on a lot of issues. he worked with president obama. the strategy could work in new hampshire. you recall in 2008, new hampshire was very important in salvaging senator mccain's campaign. south carolina can be difficult. it's a socially conservative spot. jon huntsman will have a more difficult time. a lot of them aren't committed to romney or michele bachmann. if he can do that, that's his game plan. >> catty, kay, there's been a lot of thing
. >> let's talk jon huntsman. i know you did an interview with the former utah governor and by passing the conservative base. what is the strategy and will it work? >> i's not been clear. he doesn't have the organization that mitt romney has and doesn't quite have the already natural base of support. he did an interview and said like romney, he's going to skip iowa. he's going with a new hampshire, florida strategy. new hampshire and south carolina voters can vote. he's hoping to...
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jon meacham still with us. joining the table tavis smiley, the host of pbs's "the tavis smiley show." good to have you both this morning. >> this speech by president clinton and joe biden up at shanksville, so moving. and i always -- it was always interesting, willie geist. i always thought the first punch back after 9/11, and now this ten-year war against al qaeda. a war that for the most part we have won. the costs have been horrific. but osama bin laden's dead and so many, most of his lieutenants are dead. they've been scattered like the wind. but the first punch, the first counter attack is when todd beamer and some other guys from the back of the plane said let's roll, and they knocked down the cockpit door and knew they were going to their death, took it into the ground and saved the u.s. capitol. saved the u.s. capitol. >> some people said that almost immediately after the first battle of this war has been fought and america won. and you watch all this coverage of the last couple of days and you feel lik
jon meacham still with us. joining the table tavis smiley, the host of pbs's "the tavis smiley show." good to have you both this morning. >> this speech by president clinton and joe biden up at shanksville, so moving. and i always -- it was always interesting, willie geist. i always thought the first punch back after 9/11, and now this ten-year war against al qaeda. a war that for the most part we have won. the costs have been horrific. but osama bin laden's dead and so many,...
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. >> first of all, gillian said this doesn't look like the press is laying off on jon corzine, number one. number two, jon corzine was supposed to show up to a meeting to raise funds that mayor bloomberg and i were hosting. i it talked to him three days before the meeting. he said i'm going to be there. i said will you say a word? he said yeah, absolutely. mf broke two days later and he didn't come. so, i don't think he had a clue. because he wouldn't have been saying, i'm going to come to a meeting with 50 of the heaviest hitters in new york. >> that just defies belief, though, that the ceo doesn't know where $1.2 billion is. >> i think gillian's analysis is right. >> if the eu crisis weren't happening, this would be bigger news. how the companies are being run and how the customers of other companies need to worry about. >> not exactly like misplacing the car keys. >> $1.2 billion down the back of the sofa. >> more on this later. >>> coming up, congressman emanuel cleaver will join us, lawrence o'donnell, eugene robinson and andy cohen from bravo. >>> what a day in sports. albert pu
. >> first of all, gillian said this doesn't look like the press is laying off on jon corzine, number one. number two, jon corzine was supposed to show up to a meeting to raise funds that mayor bloomberg and i were hosting. i it talked to him three days before the meeting. he said i'm going to be there. i said will you say a word? he said yeah, absolutely. mf broke two days later and he didn't come. so, i don't think he had a clue. because he wouldn't have been saying, i'm going to come...
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. >> well, just ask jon corzine about that. his company went bankrupt because of exposure to sovereign debt in europe. president obama went to the south of france for a g-20 summit, didn't realize he'd be walking into this when he got there. greece's own finance minister has come out against the idea of the referendum saying it would be suicide for the state of greece not to accept this eu rescue package. it would, in fact, mark the end, perhaps, of the greek economy and certainly the end of greece as the part of europe as angela merkel said just yesterday, does greece want to remain part of the euro zone or not? that is the question the greek people must answer. and nicholas sarkozy are saying the greeks are not getting another dime of european money until they agree to accept it and to get rid of this idea of a referendum. >> what an absolute mess. i mean -- and wall street is going to continue to go down. it's going to impact main street. there's no leadership over there. >> and there is -- >> what does the president do? >>
. >> well, just ask jon corzine about that. his company went bankrupt because of exposure to sovereign debt in europe. president obama went to the south of france for a g-20 summit, didn't realize he'd be walking into this when he got there. greece's own finance minister has come out against the idea of the referendum saying it would be suicide for the state of greece not to accept this eu rescue package. it would, in fact, mark the end, perhaps, of the greek economy and certainly the end...
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that's next. >> jon meacham. i think it's meacham. >> that would be a very pen sive press secretary. >> all right. that's in the politico playbook. >>> coming up, also a story making front page news, what scientists found hidden in teardrops of women and the impact it has on men. >> chris licht, why are we -- what are we doing here? >> by the way, someone who wrote a tearjerker of a book. you are not one to talk, chris. we will not do that story. >>> plus, no willie today. he does have his week in review. that's coming up. first, more snow expected in the northeast. here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. >>> light snow falling in times square, currently in new york city. this is a very minor snow event. we're not expecting a lot out of this storm, maybe just enough to make it a little slippery for your morning commute. there's a shot of times square. you can barely pick it up on that scene at all. let's talk about the radar. currently the heaviest snow is down around philadelphia. that's where we got l
that's next. >> jon meacham. i think it's meacham. >> that would be a very pen sive press secretary. >> all right. that's in the politico playbook. >>> coming up, also a story making front page news, what scientists found hidden in teardrops of women and the impact it has on men. >> chris licht, why are we -- what are we doing here? >> by the way, someone who wrote a tearjerker of a book. you are not one to talk, chris. we will not do that story....
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jon meacham, talk about boehner. we were talking yesterday, we were surprised by how john boehner has been a steadying influence. nobody really expected that from him. i know i certainly underestimated him. i didn't think he would do as well as he's done. he has been a steadying force for this republican caucus. >> he has. i think the one reason for it is he has to balance the freshman who make you all look like establishme establishmentarians. to maintain order he has to be stronger or he looks as though he's been, i think, taken out by the new guys. >> how serious is that, ari? it's a big media story but is the tea party faction really tugging at the more moderate elements of the house? >> if we have to spend less and make someone a fire brand, i want more fire. what's wrong with saying that? we need to hear it. the republican party needed the kick in the pants they're giving. they still have to learn the art of compromise because that is what our american system is built on. they'll have to get to that point. it's
jon meacham, talk about boehner. we were talking yesterday, we were surprised by how john boehner has been a steadying influence. nobody really expected that from him. i know i certainly underestimated him. i didn't think he would do as well as he's done. he has been a steadying force for this republican caucus. >> he has. i think the one reason for it is he has to balance the freshman who make you all look like establishme establishmentarians. to maintain order he has to be stronger or...
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and the one person they don't want and they will quietly tell you, they don't want jon huntsman. they're scared of him, they hate him, and as long as he stays low, they're happy. >> that's what i'm hearing too. and the irony is that newt's trying to argue if you want someone to manage washington, elect romney. newt's a creature of d.c. he's been in d.c. for decades. it's amazing. >> he was the champion of the mexican bailout back in 1995. >> yes! >> and now he's talking about no foreign policy. he's the guy that pushed bosnia, that pushed kosovo when they were saying do we want to get involved in the -- >> he was arguing for the individual mandate and a national one at that, which is exactly what romney -- >> details, details. >> can i make a point -- >> a conservative idea that it was -- it was responsibility, you took care of yourself instead of the government taking care of you. that was a newt idea. >> it was. and for freddie to give him $300,000 as a "historian." >> that's taking care of yourself too. >> i wasn't a lobbyist, i was a historian. there's so much great stuff. >>
and the one person they don't want and they will quietly tell you, they don't want jon huntsman. they're scared of him, they hate him, and as long as he stays low, they're happy. >> that's what i'm hearing too. and the irony is that newt's trying to argue if you want someone to manage washington, elect romney. newt's a creature of d.c. he's been in d.c. for decades. it's amazing. >> he was the champion of the mexican bailout back in 1995. >> yes! >> and now he's talking...